Cabell
(Cab)
"Cab"
Calloway
III
Born in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Cabell Calloway Jr.
and Martha Eulalia (Reid) Fortune
Brother of
Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway, Bernice Eulalia (Calloway) Monroe and Milton Elmer Calloway
Husband of
Wenonah (Conacher) Calloway
— married
2 Jul 1928 (to 17 Oct 1948) [location unknown]
Husband of
Zulme Sybill (MacNeal) Calloway
— married
7 Oct 1949 in Virginia
Died
at age 86
in Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware, United States
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Biography
Cab Calloway III is Notable.
"Cab" Calloway was an American jazz singer, songwriter, dancer, bandleader, conductor, fashion influencer, and actor. He was a wildly popular regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City.[1]
From Wikipedia:
He had several hits in the 1930s–1940s, becoming known as the "Hi-de-ho man" for his most famous song, "Minnie the Moocher," recorded in 1931.... He also made several stage, film, and television appearances until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.... He was the first African American musician to sell a million records from a single song and to have a nationally syndicated radio show.... He is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.... He influenced later singers such as Michael Jackson and various hip-hop performers.[1]
In the Youtube video below, "Betty Boop as Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway, wearing a "zoot suit," does an early version of the Moonwalk that was perfected by Michael Jackson.
Cabell Calloway III was born in Rochester, New York, on 25 December 1907. His mother, Martha Eulalia Reed, was a teacher and church organist, and his father, Cabell Calloway Jr., was a lawyer.[1][2] The family moved to Maryland, and he grew up in the Druid Hill neighborhood of West Baltimore. His father died about 1913 and his mother married John Nelson Fortune about 1915.[1][3]
He credited his older sister, vocalist and big band leader Blanche Calloway, as his model and guide into a show business career that spanned 65 years. That career began in nightclubs of Chicago after his days spent at Crane College.
He had five children, all daughters. With fellow student Zelma Proctor, he had one daughter, Camay Calloway in 1927.[1]
He married Wenonah "Betty" Conacher in 1928. Their only child was adopted, Constance Calloway, born in 1938. The marriage ended in divorce in 1949.[1][4]
He married Zulme "Nuffie" MacNeal in Virginia in 1949. [5] Their daughters were:
- Chris Calloway (1945)
- Cecilia "Lael" Eulalia Calloway (c.1950)
- Cabella Calloway (1952)
He died in Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware, USA in 1994,[6] and was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York.[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Wikipedia contributors, "Cab Calloway," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cab_Calloway&oldid=1086292242 (accessed May 13, 2022).
- ↑
1910 US Census for Monroe, New York: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5MV-86F : accessed 13 May 2022), Cabell Calloway 3rd in household of Cabell Calloway, Rochester Ward 14, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 9A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 991; FHL microfilm 1,375,004.
- Cabell Calloway Head Male 30 Maryland
- Eulalia Calloway Wife Female 31 Maryland
- Blanche D Calloway Daughter Female 8 Maryland
- Bernice E Calloway Daughter Female 6 Maryland
- Cabell Calloway 3rd Son Male 2 New York
- Harry W Calloway Son Male 36 Maryland
- ↑
1920 US Census for Baltimore: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Q9-F6R : accessed 3 September 2020), Cabel Callaway in household of John N Fortune, Baltimore Ward 14, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing ED 238, sheet 7B, line 75, family 172, image 14 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- John N Fortune 34
- Martha E Fortune 39
- Blanche D Callaway 17
- Bernice L Callaway 14
- Cabel Callaway 11
- Elmer Callaway 8
- John N Fortune 3
- Mary C Fortune 1
- ↑ * Divorce Record: "Bronx County, New York, U.S., Divorce and Civil Case Records, 1914-1995"
Volume Number: 4; Page number: 102
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2707 #45479053 (accessed 3 October 2022)
Name: Cabell Colloway; Plaintiff or Defendant: Defendant; Date of Action: 11 Feb 1949; Place of Action: Bronx, New York; Other Party: Wenonah Colloway; File Number: 3088; Location: The Office of the Bronx County Clerk. - ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-BJT7 : 10 January 2019), Cabell Calloway in entry for Cabell Calloway and Zulme Sybil Macneal, 07 Oct 1949; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Loudoun, Virginia, United States, certificate 26619, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTB4-5P6 : 19 May 2014), Cab Calloway, 18 Nov 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19905/cab-calloway : accessed 13 February 2022), memorial page for Cab Calloway (25 Dec 1907–18 Nov 1994), Find A Grave: Memorial #19905, citing Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4GB-YF2 : accessed 3 September 2020), Cabble Calaway in household of Earl Johnson, Manhattan (Districts 1001-1249), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1226, sheet 39A, line 37, family 671...
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQMN-XRQ : 24 January 2020), Cabell Calloway, Assembly District 8, Bronx, New York City, Bronx, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-1226, sheet 4A, line 21, family 51...
- Wikidata: Item Q273079
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